"Especially with the signing of riders with climbing abilities and the new arrival of Tyler Hamilton, who has the strength and ability to become a great leader for the big tours. All in all, I feel this is a very complete team"
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The Tyler Hamilton mention does extra work. Hamilton is framed not as a helper but as a potential leader, which is both endorsement and insurance policy. In cycling, calling someone a future leader is a way to raise internal expectations and external credibility at the same time: sponsors want a face, rivals want a threat, domestiques want a clear chain of command. Jalabert is also subtly positioning himself (or the existing leadership structure) as confident enough to welcome another alpha. Thats political in a sport where ambition can split a bus in half.
The closing line - "a very complete team" - is classic athlete PR, but it lands because completeness is a coded promise: we can survive the mountains, control the race, and still have enough support to contest overall standings. Its optimism with an agenda, aimed at fans, management, and the peloton all at once.
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Jalabert, Laurent. (2026, January 15). Especially with the signing of riders with climbing abilities and the new arrival of Tyler Hamilton, who has the strength and ability to become a great leader for the big tours. All in all, I feel this is a very complete team. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/especially-with-the-signing-of-riders-with-150724/
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Jalabert, Laurent. "Especially with the signing of riders with climbing abilities and the new arrival of Tyler Hamilton, who has the strength and ability to become a great leader for the big tours. All in all, I feel this is a very complete team." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/especially-with-the-signing-of-riders-with-150724/.
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"Especially with the signing of riders with climbing abilities and the new arrival of Tyler Hamilton, who has the strength and ability to become a great leader for the big tours. All in all, I feel this is a very complete team." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/especially-with-the-signing-of-riders-with-150724/. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
